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CARLOW AREA NETWORK DEVELOPMENT
ORGANISATION (CANDO) IS A MEMBER
OF CSIM.
CANDO is a voluntary organisation formed in 1995
as a local community development organisation in
Carlow. Its aim is to prevent social exclusion.
CANDO's three main areas of work are:
a Community development
a Community based youth initiatives
a Services to the unemployed / training
and education.
Its youth Initiatives include working with:
a Young people who have (or at risk of) leaving
school early
a Young people who are involved (or at risk of
becoming involved) in substance abuse
a Young offenders who require support
or training
a Parents/Guardians/Carers of young people
at risk
a Young people from low-income households.
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
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Other groups also work to get rid of poverty. These
include organisations set up, run and funded by
voluntary groups. These groups have to raise
money from various sources. Some voluntary
groups also get some funding from the
government.
Voluntary groups Include:
COMBAT POVERTY AGENCY
in association with
Blackrock College
Mount Temple
St. Leo’s College
Tallaght Community School
a Focus Ireland: Work with people out of home
a The Irish Traveller Movement:
Working with Travellers
a Meals on Wheels: Working with older people
a Simon Community: Working with older
homeless people and
a St. Vincent de Paul (SVP): Working with those
affected by poverty and social exclusion
St. Vincent de Paul is an example of a voluntary
organisation working both nationally and locally.
Its core activities are divided into different
conferences (groups of volunteers.)
There are 8 conferences of SVP in Carlow.
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Hostel
Hospital
Youth
School
There are 4 conferences which are working
with families.
INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY AND
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
Information can be found in several places:
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Local social services centre
Local Citizens Information Centre
Local library
Local authority
Local telephone directory
Local parish centre
This leaflet is one of four, written by
students in Blackrock College Dublin,
Mount Temple Comprehensive School
Dublin, St. Leo’s College Carlow and
Tallaght Community School Dublin.
The Combat Poverty Agency funded
this initiative.
Rosaline Deane
Maeve Garvan
Aisling Jordan
Grainne McKenna
Elaine Shore
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NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR SOCIAL
INCLUSION
The National Action Plan for Social Inclusion is a
plan to reduce poverty in Ireland over the period
2007 – 2016. It is a statutory response to poverty.
The plan is co-ordinated by Department of Social
and Family Affairs co-ordinates.
To reduce the number of those experiencing
consistent poverty to between 2% and 4% by 2012,
with the aim of eliminating consistent poverty by
2016
Community Development is about people working
together for change in society to improve the
quality of their lives and their communities.
People decide what they need and have a real say
and influence in how these needs can be best met.
This involves ‘building up’ the self-esteem of a
community to have confidence in their own power
to participate in working to change situations of
social exclusion, disadvantage and poverty. The
government, and other bodies, fund community
development throughout the country.
A number of goals were set out in the plan relating
to different aspects of poverty in Ireland. These
include:-
LOCAL RESPONSES TO POVERTY
The overall goal of the plan is:
INTRODUCTION
There are two main
types of responses
to poverty in
Ireland: statutory
(governmentrelated), and
community and
voluntary.
Governmentrelated responses
are very important,
but everyone has a
responsibility to
help those who are
affected by
poverty.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
a Education: this is to make sure that everyone
gets the same educational opportunities
a Income Support: this is to make sure that
everyone has enough money to survive
a Employment and Participation: this is to
make sure that everyone can work and is in a
paid job
a Community Care: this is to support older
people to live independently in the community
for as long as possible
a Housing: this is to provide housing to those
who cannot afford their own housing needs
a Health: this is to make sure that people can
visit a doctor near where the live and can pay
for visits to doctors,
a Integration of Migrants: this is to support
migrants to live in Irish society
SOCIAL WELFARE: SUPPORTING PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING POVERTY
Social welfare is another state response to poverty.
Social welfare is money the state gives to people
who need it. Some of the reasons a person may
need it is if they are unemployed, have a disability,
are a lone parent or are an older person.
Other state responses include:
a Education: initiatives such as Book Grant
Schemes etc.
a Housing: initiatives such as Local Authority
Housing ("Council houses") etc.
a Employment: initiatives such as FÁS schemes,
Community Employment Schemes etc.
a Health Initiatives: such as the provision of
medical cards for people on low incomes. This
means people don’t have to pay to visit a doctor.
More and more, local responses to poverty in
Ireland involve a coming together of voluntary and
community organisations working with the state in
local government and local development to reduce
poverty and social exclusion. Some of these are
called local partnership companies, area based
partnerships and County Development Boards.
Two local responses to poverty are outlined below.
CARLOW SOCIAL INCLUSION MOVEMENT –
(CSIM)
CSIM is made up of representatives of different
voluntary and community groups in Co. Carlow and
Carlow County Council. It works with:a
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Lone parents
Travellers
Low income families
Disabled
Refugees/asylum seekers
Unemployed
Older people
Youth
CSIM’s vision is:
"To support justice by collectively
challenging the barriers to social
inclusion. To combat poverty equally
and empower the most vulnerable to
participate equally as decision
makers".